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Spotted at a petrol station in Swakopmund, Namibia

Look like they had a lot of fun filming!

Sure, but the first time I experienced this was in 2008 on a 110 double-cab, changing tyres - I tried to get into the car to get my wallet was was unable to open the doors, much to the amusement of the techs, and my own surprise. And a few times subsequently, when off-roading. Mind you, when I'm saying cross-axle, this is the kind of thing I'm referring to, not driving around flat muddy fields with maybe one wheel a few cm higher/lower than the others - we have proper off-road tracks here So yes, I can see beyond 'it'.

Yes, the D3/D4 & L320 have a separate chassis, but also a massively rigid monocoque body on top, so unlike the Defender, the body part doesn't actually twist/deform. Admittedly, it is mostly on 2-poster lifts that you see this for Defenders. Just walk into a workshop and ask them about it.

No, nothing wrong with it - seen this on 110s, 130s, etc. Speak to any workshop and they will tell you that unless the vehicle is on the ground, the doors don't really close properly. Modern LRs have extremely stiff unibody - way more than Jap/Yank ones, you will not see a single D3/D4/RR/RRS that suffers from this issue. this is exactly what @FridgeFreezer was saying a few posts back.

Really? My experience is the opposite: sometimes even putting the 90 on a lift to change wheels results in not being able to shut/open doors. But I've had my previous D4 and now RRS in mind-boggling axle twisters with wheels high up in the air and still everything opens and shuts with a solid thunk.

Video in 4K

Video of the day

After months of hospitalisation, I took the oldest child to a club outing: a fun obstacle course on a farm in Wellington. Blew a tyre on a well-hidden fence anchor ☹️ Loads of fun, and it was good to get the Defender dirty again 😀

photos of th engine bay:

Video of the testing it went through: https://www.vimeopro.com/user98861477/defender-7-en

Yes, this is a new workshop that I only discovered now, and it's around the corner from me. they did a stellar job on the chassis - removed all rust and resprayed, etc. The workshop went above board, and didn't charge me much. Now the Landy looks great and drives great too!

I'm sure they have it for all MYs, check their website: https://lofclutches.com/product-category/powerpedal/

The mechanic had to use cable ties. Quite a few of them, as they kept snapping. So plenty of cable ties, long-nose pliers, and a piece of wood to keep the pedal down

Many, many cable ties later, the workshop finally got it in! Big difference to the clutch action, well worth the 20 pounds 👍

It's actually my wife's, she builds all the Legos. She started on Wednesday morning, ran into some trouble with the transmission and had to undo & redo that.

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Haha, not quite, but it sure does feel like it!

Yep, top bloke - a Scot living in South Africa

Happy to report that after 3 weeks of much-needed TLC at a new indie, the vibration is now almost gone and the truck now drives lekker! they did a complete respray of the chassis, fixed the rear diff vibration, new UJs on both props, new output shaft seal, tightened front left bearing, new rear side shafts & drive members, etc.

Issue was resolved by Auto Excellence: they found the front left bearing to be a bit loose and added a shim to tighten things up - it now drives very well and brakes in a straight line!

look at what arrived today

I don't think that will be feasible?

Very interesting tech comparison from https://jalopnik.com/what-i-found-when-i-crawled-under-the-2020-land-rover-d-1838080009